Portable suspending-hook for coats, hats, &amp;c.



N 0- 830,415. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906.-

F. S. GORMIER. I PORTABLE SUSPENDING HOOK FOB COATS, HATS, 6pc.-

APPLIOATION FILED AUG.11, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PORTABLE SUSPENDlNG-HOO K FOR COATS, HATS, &o.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4. 1906.

Application filed August 11,1905. Serial No. 273,836.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK SIMON COR- MIER, a subject of the King of England, residing at Moncton, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Portable Suspending-Hook for Coats, Hats,

&c., of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to hat-racks, and is primarily designed for the simultaneous supporting of a hat, coat, and umbrella and to prevent unauthorized removal thereof from the device.

Another object of the invention is to construct the same in compact form, so as to permit of it being carried in a pocket of the clothing or in a traveling-satchel, and to enable the convenient engagement of the device with a nail or similar support and to lock the same therewith against unauthorized removal.

It is also proposed to have the device keycontrolled, so as to enable the convenient release thereof whenever desired, and it is an important object of the invention to have a single locking means serve for locking the coat-holding member, the umbrella-holding member, and the member for supporting the.

device upon a nail or the like, whereby all of these parts may be simultaneously locked and released by the manipulation of a single -l Nith these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, pro portion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a combined coat, hat, and umbrella rack constructed in accordance with the present invention, the swinging arm being shown open in dotted lines. .Fig. 2 is a front view of the device. Fig. 3 is an en larged longitudinal sectional view. Fig. .4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view illustrating the operation of the key in unlocking the device. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a detail View of the locking-dog. Fig, 7 is a detail view of the slidable guard and the support therefor. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the slidable guard. Fig. 9 is a view of the key for releasing the locking mechanism of the present device.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each and every figure of the drawings.

The present device includes an elongated case 1, which terminates atits lower end in a flange 2, having a perforation 3 for the reception of a fastening to permanently secure the case to a wall or other support, there being side flanges 4 at the upper end of the case which are provided with perforations 5 for the reception of fastenings. The flange 2 terminates at its outer end in a screw-driver blade 6, while the upper end of the case ter-,

minates in an inverted hook 7 offset at the back of the device and provided with a longitudinal slot or bifurcation 8, which is shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The front of the case terminates short of the top thereof, so as to produce an upper front terminal opening in the case, the upper front portion of the case being swelled or bowed forwardly, as at 9, the back of the case being open and normally closed by a removable back plate 10', which is let into the rabbeted edges of the back of the case and is secured at its lower end by means of a fastening 11, piercing the plate and the lower end of the case.

As best indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, it will be noted that the back plate 10 terminates short of the inner end of the hook 7, so as to provide a slot or opening 12 in the upper back portion of the case, for a purpose as will be hereinafter described. From the lower front portion of the case there rises an up wardly-bowed coat and hat supporting-jaw 13, which is integral or fixed upon the case.

Located above and cooperating with the upper extremity of the lower jaw 13 is a downwardly-bowed vertically-swinging upper aw 14, which is provided at its inner or rear end with an enlarged heel portion 15, which works in the open upper end of the case and is mounted to swing upon a pivotpin 16, piercing the sides of the case. As best shown in Fig. 1, it will be noted that the free extremity of the upper aw is provided. with a socket or recess 17 to receive theupper end of the lower jaw, and the lower jaw is provided with'a pin or projection 18, which is received within the socket. The heel portion 15 of the jaw 14, carries a wing 19, which projects rearwardly through the opening 12 in the back of the case and is provided with a transverse slot 20, inwhich the bill or outer IIO extremity of the hook 7 is received when the jaw 14 is closed against the jaw 13. It will here be explained that when the device is to be temporarily used, a nail or the like is driven into a wall or other support, the jaw 14 opened to the dotted-line position in Fig. 1, and then the hook 7is engaged with the nail shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, so as to receive the shank of the nail in the slot or bifurcation 8 of the hook 7, after which the jaw 14 is closed and the wing 19 thereby swung upwardly to receive the lower end of the bill of the hook in the slot 20, whereby the device is locked upon the nail so long as the jaw 14 remains closed, and therefore unauthorized removal of the device is prevented.

The heel of the jaw 14 depends therefrom in the locked position of the jaw and closes the opening in the top of the front of the case. Upon the front of this heel member there is a hook or staple 21, which has one leg connected to the front face of the heel member and its other leg disposed beyond one edge of the heel portion and designed to take into a socket or seat 22 in a lateral extension or car 23 of the adjacent flange 4, whereby an umbrella, cane, or the like may be clamped between this hook and the flange of the case when the aw 14 is locked.

It will now be understood that when the heel member 15 is locked the other members 14, 19, and 21 are also looked, and by releasing the heel member all of said members will be simultaneously released.

The means for locking the heel member 15 includes a dog 24, illustrated in detail in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and preferably in the nature of an elongated spring-plate which is split or cleft longitudinally through its upper end, so as to divide the same into the individual dog members and 26. This element is supported within the case upon a fastening 27, which pierces the back of the case, the lower portion of the member 24 engaging the threaded opening or socket in the rear side of the front of the case, the upper free endsof the dog members 25 and 26 being designed to engage with a shoulder or notch 28, formed in the back of the heel member 15, thereby to lock the jaw 14 in its closed position. To release the heel member 15, it is merely necessary to displace the dogs 25 and 26 rearwardly from the notch or shoulder 28, whereupon the heel and jaw 14 are free to turn upon their pivotal support 16. For the purpose of releasing the dogs from the heel of the jaw 14 there is provided a key 29, (shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings.) said key being adapted to pass through a keyhole-slot 30 formed in one side of the enlarged or swelled portion 9 of the case, there being a post 31 extending toward the slot from the other side of the case and upon which the tubular barrel of the key is designed to fit in the ordinary manner. By placing the key in the keyhole and then rotating the same its wards are adapted to engage the dogs 25 and 26, and thereby displace them from the notch 28 of the heel .held in place bymeans of the fastening 27,

the upper end of the member being provided with a forwardly-directed flange 33, having an opening receiving a projection 34, rising from the top of the front portion of the case.

This member 32 is provided with a pair of longitudinal slots 35, located adjacent the keyhole-slot, and across this slotted portion of the member 32 there works a guard-plate 36, which is provided with a pair of slots or openings 37 for alinement with the slots 35, and is held upon the member 32 by a loop 38, embracing the reduced slotted portion 39 of the member whichproduces shoulders 40 to limit the slidable movement of the guard 36. This guard is normally held in an elevated position by means of a dog 41, whichis pivotally mounted upon a pin 42, extending transversely' through the case. This dog is preferably formed from a single blank of metal which is bent intermediate of its ends to form an eye 43 to rotatably embrace the pin 42, one end portion constituting a dog 41 and the other end portion 44 constituting a trip member which rises above the dog 41 and is bowed outwardly in the extended or swelled portion 9 of the case, there being a projection 45 cleft from the bowed portion of the trip member 44 and inclined toward the key-post 31. A leaf-spring 46 is held in place by means of the fastening 27 and bears against the lower portion of the trip member 44, so as to hold the dog 41 against the slid able guard 36 and thereby support the latter in its normal elevated position.

In releasing the locking mechanism the key 29 is entered through the keyhole and engaged with the post 31, the long ward 47 of course being entered through the longer portion of the keyhole, which lies below the post, and then the key is turned to the right, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4 of the drawings, whereby the long ward 47 engages the trip 44, and thereby swings the dog 41 out of engagement with the guard-slide 36, the shorter ward 48 then engaging the openings 37 of the guard member and moving the same downwardly. Upon further rotation of the key the long wards 47 will be turned into the slots 35 of the stationary guard member 32 and the extremity of the wards will wipe across the dogs 25 and 26, and thereby displace the upper ends of the latter from the heel 15, whereby the jaw 14 is released. The unlocking movement of the key will be arrested by reason of the long wards 47 coming into engagement with the bottoms of the slots 35, whereby the wards of the key are then disposed transversely of the keyhole, and the key cannot be withdrawn until it has been returned to its original position. In returning the key to its original position the short wards will again enter the openings 37 of the sildable guard 36 and the latter thereby elevated to its normal position, where it will be held by the dog 41, and when the wards of the key come into alinement with the keyhole the key may be removed.

It will here be explained that the purpose of the slidable guard member 36 is to normally close the slots 35 of the stationary guard member 32, and thereby prevent access of the guards of the key to the dogs and 26, except wherein the guards of the key have been constructed to enter the openings of the slidable guard and move the latter to expose the slots for the reception of the other and longer wards of the key, whereby the present lock can be unlocked only by the key which is expressly constructed therefor. Furthermore, if the ward of a key is not constructed to straddle the projection the ward of the key will become wedged against said projection, and thereby prevented from I being turned sufficiently to move the slidable guard member and engage the dogs.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising a body having a stationary garmenthook, a support-engaging member carried by the body, a movable jaw cooperating with the garment-hook, and means controlled by the movable jaw for cooperation with the support-engaging means to lock the latter upon a supports.

2. A device of the class described comprising a body provided with a stationary garment-hook at its front side and a longitudinally-bifurcated supporting-hook upon its rear side, a pivotal jaw carried by the body and cooperating with the garment-hook, and a slotted member carried by the jaw and disposed to receive the bifurcated end of the supporting-hook through the slot of said member when the jaw is in its closed position.

3. A device of the class described compris ing a body provided with agarment-hook, a support-engaging member carried by the body, a pivotal jaw cooperating with the garment-hook, a member carried by the jaw and cooperating with the support-engaging member to lock the latter upon a support when the jaw is closed, a heel portion carried by the pivoted end of the jaw, and locking means cooperating with the heel to lock the aw.

4. A device of the class described comprising a body, a garment-hook carried thereby, a downturned supporting-hook carried by the back of the body and bifurcated in its outer end, a swinging jaw cooperating with the garment-hook and provided with a rearwardlydirected wing and a downwardly-directed heel, the wing being provided with an opening to receive the bifurcated end of the hook when the jaw is closed, and locking means carried by the body in cooperative relation with the heel.

5. A device of the class described comprising a body, a garment-hook carried thereby, a swinging jaw cooperating with the hook, a substantially U-shaped umbrella embracing clip connected to the jaw with its open end closed by the front of the body in the closed position of the jaw, and means to lock the 6. In a device of the class described, the combination with a body having a garmenthook and a pivotal jaw cooperating therewith, of locking means including a dog for detachable engagement with the jaw, a stationary slotted guard member, and a slidable guard member carried by the stationary guard member and normally closing the slot thereof, said slidable guard member capable of being displaced by the ward of a key to permit of said ward extending through the slot of the stationary guard member and engaging the dog to release the latter.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with a bodyhaving a garmenthook and a pivotal jaw cooperating therewith, of a dog engaging the jaw to lock the same, a stationary slotted guard member for the dog, a slidable guard member mounted upon the stationary guard member, and means to yieldably support the slidable guard member in a position to close the slot of the stationary guard member.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination of a body having a garmenthook and a swinging jaw cooperating therewith, of a locking-dog for the jaw, a slotted stationary guard member for the dog, a slidable guard member mounted upon the stationary member, a spring-pressed guard-su porting member to normally hold the slidab e guard in position to close the slot of the stationary guard member, and a trip member connected to the guard-supporting member and disposed in the path of the ward of a key to disengage the supporting member from the slidable guard member, said slidable guard member capable of being displaced by the key to permit .of the ward of the latter passing through the slot of the stationary guard member and engaging the dog to release the latter from the jaw.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with a case provided with an upturned garment-supporting hook and a downturned pivotal jaw cooperating with the hook, the case being provided with a keyhole, a dog contained within the case with IIO its free end in looking engagement with the heel of the jaw, a stationary guard member located between the dog and the keyholeslot and provided with a longitudinal slot in the path of the Ward of a key, a slidable guard member working upon the stationary guard member to close the slot thereof, a spring-pressed pivotal support normally engaging the slidable guard member to hold the same in position to close the slot of the stationary member, and a trip member connected to the supporting member and disposed at the opposite side of the keyhole in the path of the Ward of a key.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 15 my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK SIMON CORMIER. I Witnesses:

AUSTIN A. ALLEN, v GUsTA-VE BEUTELSPAOI-IER. 

